A.M. market news for March 18, 2010

North American markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Dow Jones 10,733.67 +47.69 or +0.45% +2.93% S&P 500 1,166.21 +6.75 or +0.58% +4.58% NASDAQ 2,389.09 +11.08 or +0.47% +5.29% TSX Composite 12,100.66 +11.26 or +0.09% +3.02% International markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Nikkei 10,744.03 -102.95 or -0.95% +1.87% Hang Seng 21,330.67 -53.82 or […]

By Staff | March 18, 2010 | Last updated on March 18, 2010

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North American markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,733.67	+47.69 or +0.45%	+2.93%
S&P 500	1,166.21	+6.75 or +0.58%	+4.58%
NASDAQ	2,389.09	+11.08 or +0.47%	+5.29%
TSX Composite	12,100.66	+11.26 or +0.09%	+3.02%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,744.03	-102.95 or -0.95%	+1.87%
Hang Seng	21,330.67	-53.82 or -0.25%	-2.48%
SENSEX	17,519.26	+29.18 or +0.17%	+0.31%
FTSE 100	5,652.08	+7.45 or +0.13%	+4.42%
CAC 40	3,955.77	-2.12 or -0.05%	+0.49%
DAX	6,026.16	+1.88 or +0.03%	+1.15%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.20	102.48	3.47
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.77	116.20	4.04
U.S. 10-year bond	99.94	99.92	3.63
U.S. 30-year bond	101.17	100.97	4.55

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9899	0.9898
US $	1.0102	1.0103

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.7248	0.7207
Euro	1.3798	1.3876

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,131.25	$1,121.75

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$82.31	-$0.62 or -0.75%

(03/18/10)

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